I’m looking for a vaguely remembered children’s book. It’s a picture book. I can’t reconstruct the whole plot but it had the following elements:<\/p>\n
– EITHER a martian, extra-terrestrial or man-in-the-moon visiting earth, OR a boy that wants to fly to space. The former is more likely.<\/p>\n
– This protagonist is reminded of his planet or the moon or the sun by seeing a balloon, and maybe also other round objects throughout the book.<\/p>\n
– There is definitely a scene, towards the end of the book, where the protagonist walks back to his space vessel in the evening sun or moon.<\/p>\n
– I remember the book had a melancholic feel. Maybe the protagonist is homesick or something. It was NOT a spectacular book on space travel. The martian is not scary, but cute and a little sad.<\/p>\n
– It must predate 1983, possibly a book from much earlier (60s?) that my mother purchased at a library that got rid of old books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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